The Forest Ranger's Promise by Leigh Bale

Author:Leigh Bale
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Itzy, Romance, General, Kickass.to, Fiction
ISBN: 9781459202511
Publisher: Mills & Boon Love Inspired
Published: 2013-08-08T09:21:48+00:00

Scott didn’t smile. He wanted to teach these people that when he said something, he meant it. He wouldn’t joke about something this important. “Why don’t you ride out to Three Creek and take a look for yourself? I’d be happy to give you a tour of the project.”

Frank sat down, a big woof of air escaping his chest. The dumbfounded glare on his face remained. When his wife leaned in to whisper in his ear, he brushed her away impatiently and rested his clenched hands on his thighs.

Whew! Thank goodness Donaldson was cowed for the time being. Scott was not a small man, but he had no desire to tangle with Frank’s beefy fists.

“Now I have a request for you ranchers.” Scott paused, hoping to gain their attention. “Many of your cattle are moving into the creeks and just staying there. They’re destroying the creek bottoms. You need to move your cattle periodically so they don’t permanently damage the creeks. My staff will be checking the creek beds to make sure this is done, so I’ll expect you to take care of it.”

Frank popped back out of his seat with a roar; not an easy feat for such a big man. “We can’t go in and round up our cattle and move them every day.”

Frank was being difficult for no reason. Scott had made a reasonable request. A request that would benefit everyone. He took a deep breath, forcing himself to speak calmly in the face of Frank’s belligerence. “Mr. Donaldson, you won’t have to go in very often to move your cattle. Once every few days should help, if you place your salt correctly. I would like to ride out with you to see where we think the salt should be laid. Can we set that up in the next week?”

“That’s not an unreasonable request, Frank,” Marty said. “You send your sons out to check on your cattle every few days anyway. We all do. It’s nothing to move our cattle out of the creek beds so they aren’t ruined. We can put our salt away from the creeks so the cattle will move.”

The glower on Frank’s face darkened. Scott could tell this man didn’t like being told what to do by anyone. Period. It might take a great deal of time to win Donaldson over, if ever.

“Mr. Donaldson?” Scott wanted a commitment from the man. Right now.

“All right,” Donaldson growled.

“Good. My office manager will contact you to set it up.” Deep down, Scott knew it was in his best interest to ignore the man’s foul temper. Although he could certainly handle the fact that the Donaldsons had refused to sell groceries to him, he didn’t want Melanie hurt in the process. He didn’t understand why he felt so protective of her and Anne, but he did. He could easily retaliate against the Donaldsons if he liked. Scott had the power to make Donaldson’s life miserable, but Scott wasn’t a vindictive man. He didn’t want to make enemies. He wanted to defuse all the anger the past ranger had stirred up.

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